My opinion is that if that array degrades, each vm is effected and the rebuild will take forever if its busy. Also, if one vm sees heavy disc IO, the whole system suffers. Not a lot of isolation there...
jlc From: Clayton Doige [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2008 4:22 AM To: NT System Admin Issues Subject: VMWare Server Disk Config Questions Dear all, sorry if this is either off topic, or marginally stupid. I am about to spec out a box that will host 3 virtual machines for DR purposes. I wanted to run my thoughts past the list to see where the error in my thought process is, as I am sure there is one (or more) lol. The physical machine will have a RAID 5 set up with 0.5 TB usable space. I plan to partition the array as follows: Container 1, 20 GB, Host OS Container 2, 100GB, VM1 (1 virtual disk for OS, 1 virtual disk for apps/data) Container 3, 200 GB, VM2 (1 virtual disk for OS, 1 virtual disk for apps/data) Container 4, 200 GB, VM3 (1 virtual disk for OS, 1 virtual disk for apps/data) Is there anything glaringly wrong with this set up? TIA Clayton Doige Project Management Consultant Green IT Solutions Ltd [EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 01277844943 07949255062 www.greenit.co.uk<http://www.greenit.co.uk> **************************************************************************** Internet communications are not secure and Green IT Solutions Ltd does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this message. Any views or opinions presented within are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Green IT Solutions Ltd. Although Green IT Solutions Ltd operates anti-virus programmes, it does not accept responsibility for any damage whatsoever that is caused by viruses being passed. Telephone communications and replies to this email may be monitored by Green IT Solutions Ltd for operational or training purposes. **************************************************************************** ~ Upgrade to Next Generation Antispam/Antivirus with Ninja! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbelt-software.com/SunbeltMessagingNinja.cfm> ~
